On January 3, the National Bank of Kuwait [NBK] announced the launch of SWIFT's global payments innovation [gpi] using the integration capabilities of ACI Worldwide's payment engine. NBK is the same b (SWIFT)

SWIFT India, a joint venture between the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT SCRL) and international and Indian Banks, recently partnered with MonetaGo, a fintech compan (BTC, SWIFT)

SWIFT has announced a pilot program in partnership with MonetaGo to explore distributed ledger technology in its financial messaging service. The SWIFT has announced a pilot program in partnership with MonetaGo to explore distributed ledger technology in its financial messaging service. (SWIFT)

Photo: CIMB Malaysia / Facebook The disruptive technology of RippleNet absorbs wide popularity, being dubbed as the Ripple-produced alternative for SWIFT. Originally devised to maintain international (BTC, SWIFT)

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of blockchain remittance firm Ripple, has opened up regarding the rumors revolving around SWIFT joining Ripple to improve remittance services in FinTech. In an interview wit (SWIFT)

The Society For Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has begun blocking access to international transfers for Iranian member banks as new US The Society For Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has begun blocking access to international transfers for Iran. (SWIFT)

A rumor on the Internet about RippleNet integrating with the SWIFT Network gained traction, driving up the price of Ripple's token (XRP) to $0.55 on November 6, 2018. According to a PYMNT's article pu (BTC, SWIFT, XRP)

Photo: Matt Johnson / FlickrIn case the thought of Ripple's native coin being, perhaps, the most patriotic of top-notch tokens available in the cryptocurrency market has even crossed your mind, you wo (BTC, SWIFT)

Competition in the business of facilitating cross-border payments has just gotten tighter. Until recently, the primary fintech challenger to the reigning SWIFT international payment system has been Ri (SWIFT)

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is the largest network in the world enabling financial institutions to exchange formation about financial transactions. Cryptocurrencies are now taking over the business. (BTC, SWIFT)

Bitbond may drive out the global leader by using Bitcoin's blockchain for international transactions. The borderless nature of this approach may boost the development of new business models. (BTC, SWIFT)

The prospect of transferring an entire national payment system to blockchain technology deserves attention and we are covering the story in today's Bitcoin in Brief. Reports that Russia may transform its version of SWIFT coincided with the news that the US banking giant JP Morgan has applied for a blockchain patent. (BTC, SWIFT)

Worldcore, the EU registered digital wallet and payment company, which last year held an ICO for WRC tokens in order to develop their blockchain based services informed today that the team is still working on obtainingmembership with SWIFT and SEPAorganizations which will allow for dedicatedIBANs for each client. (SWIFT)

Earlier this week, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse spoke at Money 20/20's fireside chat, where he discussed his vision for the future of his company, XRP, and the Internet of Value. Unsurprisingly, he also argued for centralization in the cryptocurrency space. (SWIFT, XRP)

The global banking cooperative SWIFT has released an analysis of its recent proof of concept that relied on IBM's Hyperledger Fabric v1.0 DLT platform. While it's too soon for the cooperative's entire (BTC, SWIFT)

The global secure financial messaging service SWIFT recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium of central securities depositories (CSDs) to explore how the digital ledger tec (BTC, SWIFT)

Jelurida BV, theholder of intellectual property rights for Nxtsoftware and the Ardor platformtoday announces that Bitswiftwill be added to Ardor, a blockchain-as-a-service platform that allows organizations to create a blockchain without worrying about development or network security. The Ardor platform incorporates Nxts features and a unique architecture that prevents blockchain bloat through pruning where transaction (ARDR, SWIFT)